Dries Dannhauser

Dries Dannhauser has over 20 years of diverse work experience in the commodities industry. Dries is currently the Commodities Procurement Director at Tiger Brands, a position they have held since July 2022. Prior to that, they served as the Hedging and Procurement Manager at VKB Landbou from June 2017 to July 2022. Dries also has experience as a Grain Sales Manager at GWK Beperk/Limited, a Senior Commodity Trader at Vrystaat Mielies, and an Independent Safex Broker at Sharex Securities. Dries began their career at Unigrain as a Senior Trader and later worked at Anglo Grains and Unigrain Group in various trading roles. Dries also has managerial experience as Manager of Research and Product Development at Standard Bank Group and as a Researcher at the University of the Free State.

Dries Dannhauser has a strong education background in agricultural economics. Dries started their education journey at Parys Hoërskool and obtained their Matric degree in 1992, with a focus on subjects like Accounting, Mathematics, Science, and Biology. Dries then pursued their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of Pretoria from 1993 to 1996. Continuing their academic pursuits, they completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honors Degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of the Free State from 1997 to 1998. Dries further excelled in their studies and obtained a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Agricultural Economics (Cum Laude) from the University of the Free State from 1999 to 2001.